Chicago-based McDonald’s and its individual members, employees or owners, those individuals’ immediate family members — and its affiliates’ PACs — have given $650,429 in political donations so far this year for the 2022 election cycle, according to OpenSecrets.

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This places the company at No. 686 out of 26,914 spots in terms of largest donors on OpenSecrets’ list.

Just a few weeks before the November mid-term elections, let’s take a look at where — and to whom — McDonald’s-affiliated donations have been delivered to. One thing to note: individual employee contributions may constitute a large portion of the following figures.

McDonald’s-affiliated Political Donations (Over $10,000) in 2022

  • National Republican Senatorial Committee: $44,719.     Oklahoma Republican candidate Kevin Hern: $38,650. National Republican Congressional Committee: $35,542.  Republican National Committee: $32,896.   Illinois Republican candidate Rodney Davis: $23,050. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: $16,924.   Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: $16,136.North Carolina Republican candidate Chuck Edwards: $14,300.California Republican candidate Kevin McCarthy: $10,974.       North Carolina Republican candidate Virginia Foxx: $10,250.

The bulk of these contributions to congressional and federal candidates went to Republicans — 67% of the total amount of dollars, per OpenSecrets.

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Other restaurant chains which mostly donated to Republicans include Chick-fil-A. While the Atlanta-based chain gave much less than McDonald’s —  $48,431 in political donations so far this year for the 2022 election cycle — the vast majority of its affiliated contributions to congressional and federal candidates went to Republicans: 94%.